The financial website WalletHub compared crime rates, coronavirus deaths and community protection staffing levels to rate the safety of home and community in 180 U.S. cities. The most dangerous cities are:
1. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. Lubbock, Texas
4. San Bernardino, California
5. Chattanooga
6. Anchorage, Alaska
7. Memphis
8. Huntington, West Virginia
9. Orlando, Florida
10. Detroit
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Source: WalletHub based upon 20 metrics of community and home safety, including rates of terrorist attacks, mass shootings, traffic fatalities, drug poisonings, rapes and assaults, as well as the number of COVID-19 deaths and vaccinations and the number of law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs per capita.